Fidel Castro’s Wives: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Fidel Castro – the fiery and controversial leader of the Cuban Communist Revolution – has died at the age of 90.

Who was Castro’s wife?

Castro was married at least once (the above photo is of Castro and first wife Mirta Diaz-Balart), was divorced, and, many reports say, married a second woman. He had children with both women. He was also reported to be a womanizer who sired as many as 10 children, telling one interviewer they formed a “tribe.”

According to Biography.com, Diaz-Balart “was from a wealthy political family in Cuba…The marriage exposed Castro to a wealthier lifestyle and political connections.”

She was described as “the daughter of a general, and her brother was to become one of Batista’s officers.”

The Independent called Diaz-Balart the “only woman” Castro ever married. In 2006, she returned to Cuba for the first time in 40 years to see her son and possibly Castro, who was already ill, the news site said.

3. Castro Was Rumored to Have Secretly Married Another Woman in 1980

Still grab from a video taken on January 8, 2014 of former Cuban president Fidel Castro (C) and Dalia Soto (L) during the inauguration of the nonprofit cultural centre Kcho Romerillo, Laboratory for Art in Havana. (Getty)

The Telegraph said Castro had five boys “between 1962 and 1974 with Dalia Soto del Valle, a little-seen companion whom he is said to have secretly married in 1980.”

4. Castro Had Children With Women He Didn’t Marry

Alina Fernandez Revuelta (L), daughter of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, and her daughter Alina-Maria Salgado-Fernandez (R) toast the New Year with champagne, after being reunited in the United States after Alina-Maria left Havana early 31 December 1993 for Miami. Alina Fernandez Revuelta defected from Cuba last week. (Getty)

“He cheated on the first with the very beautiful Havanan Natalia Revuelta and on the second with ‘comrade’ Celia Sanchez, his private secretary, confidante and guard dog for 30 or so years,” said The Post.

Castro had a string of mistresses who were kept from the Cuban public, The Post said.